Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine

The Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) (Ukrainian: Конфедерація вільних профспілок України) is a national trade union center in Ukraine. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.

KVPU

Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine
Конфедерація вільних профспілок України
Founded	November 1993
Headquarters	Kyiv, Ukraine
Location	Ukraine
Key people	Mykhailo Volynets (Chair)
Affiliations	ITUC
Website	www.kvpu.org.ua

The federation's origins lie in the Co-ordinating Council of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine, formed during the collapse of the Soviet Union. In November 1993, the council was refounded as the KVPU. Its founding affiliates were:^[1]

• Federation Trade Union of Ukrainian Aviation Dispatchers
• Free Trade Union of Locomotive Engineers
• Independent Trade Union of Ukrainian Miners
• Trade Union Association of Ukrainian Civil Aviation Pilots
• Trade Union of Air Engineers
• Trade Union of Textile Workers

In 1996, a dispute over the leadership led the founding affiliates to withdraw, although this was later resolved.^[1]

It is one of the few trade unions in Ukraine recognized by the American AFL–CIO as "being independent and honest in its representation of the interests of labor".^[2]

Affiliates

The following unions were affiliated in 2019:^[3]

Union
All-Ukrainian Industrial Trade Union
All-Ukrainian Parliament of Able-bodied and Disabled People
All-Ukrainian Trade Union "Native Land"
All-Ukrainian Trade Union "Protection of Justice"
Association of Free Trade Unions of Motorists
Association of Independent Trade Unions of Aviation Workers
Free Trade Union of Education and Science of Ukraine
Free Trade Union of Entrepreneurs of Ukraine
Free Trade Union of Kyiv Metro Workers
Free Trade Union of Medical Workers of Ukraine
Free Trade Union of Railway Workers of Ukraine
Independent Media Trade Union of Ukraine
Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine
Kryvyi Rih City Trade Union of Industrial Workers
Trade Union - Civil Aviation Flight Association
Trade Union "Social Protection of Workers"

References

• ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.

1. Casale, Giuseppe (1999). Social Dialogue in Central and Eastern Europe. ILO. ISBN 9789221119289.
2. A new generation emerges on national stage, Kyiv Post (November 25, 2010)
3. "ГЕНЕРАЛЬНА УГОДА про регулювання основних принципів і норм реалізації соціальноекономічної політики і трудових відносин в Україні на 2019—2021 роки" (PDF). Zakon. Retrieved 13 March 2022.

External links

• KVPU official site (in Ukrainian).
• uk:Конфедерація вільних профспілок України Wiki page (in Ukrainian)]

• Organized labour portal